1 Chronicles 6:28; 1 Chronicles 6:38
The mention of Beer-sheba, on the extreme southern frontier of Judah, as the place where Samuel’s sons judged Israel is remarkable. It was probably...
Now the name of his firstborn was (b) Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: [they were] judges in Beersheba. (b) Who was also called Vashni, ( 1...
1 Samuel 8. Demand for a King. Opening section, continued 1 Samuel 10:17 , of later account of Saul's appointment as king: either Deuteronomic or...
Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba.
Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba. No JFB commentary on this verse.
The People demand a King 1. Judges] They would be subordinate to their father. When the son of a Judge was influential and popular, he might easil...
CHAPTER X. THE PEOPLE DEMAND A KING. 1 Samuel 8:1-22 . WHATEVER impression the "Ebenezer" of Samuel may have produced at the time, it passed a...
Seeking a King like Other Nations 1 Samuel 8:1-9 The sin that Samuel, as a lad, rebuked in Eli, reappeared in his own family and undermined his...
This first Book of Samuel at this point merges into its second division, which has to do with Saul. First we have the account of the clamor of the pe...
(2) Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were Judges in Beersheba. (3) And his sons walked not in his ways...
Now the name of his firstborn was Joel ,.... In 1 Chronicles 6:28 he is called Vashni; 1 Chronicles 6:28 . This was not Joel the prophet, as some...
Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: [they were] judges in Beersheba. Ver. 2. Now the name of his firstborn...
They were judges in Beer-sheba In the southern borders of the land of Canaan, which were very remote from his house at Ramah; where, and in the nei...
However, old age often brings weariness with it. The time comes when Samuel considers it necessary to have others as judges in the land, and it was q...
The Wickedness of Samuel's Sons. B. C. 1075....
In the southern border of the land of Canaan, where he placed his sons, because these parts were very remote from his house at Ramah; where, and in t...
The People Seek For The Appointment of a King Over Them ( 1 Samuel 8:1-6 ). Outwardly the desire of the elders for a king appears reasonable, but...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 8:1 . “When Samuel was old.” Many expositors consider that he was now about sixty years of age, others...
1 Samuel 8:3 . His sons walked not as their father, who always came into court with clean hands. Seeking to aggrandize their families they took br...
And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel. Parental trials The best sometimes meet with the bitterest...
EXPOSITION SAUL ( CHS . 8-31). THE great interest of the First Book of Samuel lies in the fact that we have in it the orderly consolidation...
Samuel Displeased at the Insistent DesiRev. 1. And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel, the increasing...
Now, the name of his first-born was Joel (Jehovah is God), and the name of his second, Abiah (Jehovah is Father); they were judges in Beersheba,...
Beer — sheba — In the southern border of the land of Canaan, which were very remote from his house at Ramah; where, and in the neighbouring places...
2 Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba.